As Blockbuster Season Ends, Hollywood Offers Action-Packed Fall
NPR offers a selective preview of what Hollywood has in store at theaters between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
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To Cure What Ails You, Bibliotherapists Prescribe Literature
There are all kinds of therapies to cure what ails you. But a new and intriguing approach is bibliotherapy, which dispenses a prescription of literature specifically tailored to a patient's unique circumstances. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with pioneering bibliotherapist Susan Elderkin.
Lives Displaced By Central Park Take Center Stage In New Play
The land that became New York City's Central Park was once home to Manhattan's first-known community of African-American property owners. A new play explores how eminent domain forced them out.
Patricia Clarkson On 'Learning To Drive,' Fighting For Starring Roles
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to actress Patricia Clarkson about her role as a jilted wife without a driver's license in Learning to Drive. Ben Kingsley plays her instructor, who is a Sikh man.
Philly Preps Blessed Beer And Other Edible Swag To Greet Pope Francis
Enterprising businesses will mark the pope's visit to Philadelphia next month with irreverent tchotchkes — including beers brewed with holy water and toasters that etch the pontiff's face on bread.
Emily Blunt Says 'The Tides Are Turning' For Women In Action Films
Blunt says Hollywood creates films with teenage boys in mind and wants that to change. She's now starring in Sicario as an FBI agent investigating a drug cartel along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Neil Patrick Harris Reimagines Variety Show Format In 'Best Time Ever'
Song and dance man Neil Patrick Harris premiered his new show, Best Time Ever, Tuesday night on NBC. It's an attempt to bring back the variety show format.
In New Memoir, Maria Tells Us How She Got, How She Got To 'Sesame Street'
Sonia Manzano has spent 44 years as one of the lucky residents of Sesame Street. In her memoir she describes how she sought comfort in TV during her own difficult childhood in the South Bronx.
'Kids Love To Be Scared': Louis Sachar On Balancing Fun And Fear
The award-winning author of Holes has just published a new novel for young readers, called Fuzzy Mud. It mixes middle-school social puzzles with a more sinister mystery: a rogue biotech threat.
The Dark Side Of Funny: Growing Up In George Carlin's Shadow
In A Carlin Home Companion, Kelly Carlin reflects on life with her famous comedian (and drug addicted) father. "This book has always felt like unfinished business," she says.